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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Mikutta
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Mikutta
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30167 Hannover
30167 Hannover
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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Mikutta
Deputy Head of Examining Board
Examination Board, Geosciences
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Institute of Mineralogy
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Institute of Mineralogy
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Soil Mineralogy
Professors
Institute of Mineralogy
Focal points in research and teaching
- Structure and reactivity of minerals, mineraloids, and mineral-organic associations
- Complexation and redox reactions at mineral-water interfaces
- Solid- and liquid-phase speciation, distribution, bioavailability, and dynamics of metal and metalloid contaminants in the Critical Zone
- Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, sulfur, iron, and manganese in soil environments
- Application of synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy, spectrometry, and scattering techniques in biogeochemical soil research
Curriculum vitae
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Career
Since 2018
Full Professor of Soil Mineralogy (DFG Heisenberg Professorship), Institute of Mineralogy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
2015-2016
Assistant Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Section for Environmental Chemistry and Physics, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2008-2015
Senior Scientist ("Oberassistent"), Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2007-2008
Postdoctoral Researcher, Water Resources and Drinking Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
2006-2007
Postdoctoral Researcher, Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2003-2006
Ph.D. Student, Soil Science Group, Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2002
Research Assistant, Institute of Interdisciplinary Isotope Research e.V., Leipzig, Germany
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Education
2016
Habilitation (Postdoctoral lecture qualification; Venia Legendi in "Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics"), Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Ph.D. (rer. nat.) in Soil Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2002
M.Sc. ("Hauptdiplom Geographie"), University of Leipzig, Germany
1999
B.Sc. ("Vordiplom Geographie"), University of Leipzig, Germany
1997 – 2002
Studies of Geography, Geology and Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Memberships and postions
Since 2018
Chair of the Soil Mineralogy Committee of the German Soil Science Society
Since 2016
Member of the CERIC (Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium) proposal review board
2012-2014
Member of the beamtime proposal review committee C04 of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
Since 2003
Member of the German Soil Science Society
Lectures
- B Gru-10 Böden, Pedogene Minerale
- Tutorium zu Böden und Pedogene Minerale
- MM-12 Ringvorlesung: Ausgewählte Themen zur ortsaufgelösten Analytik
- Seminar (Spezielle Themen der Geochemie und Mineralogie)
